diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/gauge/Thresholds.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/gauge/Thresholds.tsx
index 8da5253d7c9..dd0dcc1e33b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/gauge/Thresholds.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/gauge/Thresholds.tsx
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ export default class Thresholds extends PureComponent<OptionModuleProps, State>
     return (
       <div className="section gf-form-group">
         <h5 className="section-heading">Thresholds</h5>
-        <span>Click the colored line to add a threshold</span>
         <div className="thresholds">
           <div className="color-indicators">
             {this.renderIndicator()}
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_thresholds.scss b/public/sass/components/_thresholds.scss
index a5d7f2f9bb1..dbcc9951ff7 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_thresholds.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_thresholds.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .thresholds {
   display: flex;
-  margin-top: 30px;
 }
 
 .threshold-rows {